Legal Opinion

Texas Department of Public Safety v. Leroy Torres

Texas Court of Appeals, 15th District

Decided May 7, 2026No. 15-24-00089-CVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

Reverse and Remand and Opinion filed May 7, 2026. In The Fifteenth Court of Appeals NO. 15-24-00089-CV TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Appellant V. LE ROY TORRES, Appellee On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 Nueces County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2017-CCV-61016-1 OPINION This appeal presents an issue of first impression under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA): if an employee’s military service-related disability is discovered after he is already reemployed, do the statutory reemployment rights “restart” under USERRA? See

38 U.S.C. §§ 4312,…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Auer v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Kisor v. WilkieSupreme Court of the United States · 2019
  4. Crown Life Insurance Company v. CasteelTexas Supreme Court · 2000
  5. TGS-NOPEC GEOPHYSICAL CO. v. CombsTexas Supreme Court · 2011

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